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5 October 1979
Brown center purcha._,se is uncertain
Shel y Campus study nears completion
by Mark Grundy
Cardinal editor-in-chief
The questions about the
future role of Shelby Campus
and the Brown Center in U of
L's plans have yet to be
resolved, but statements this
week from president James G.
Miller and a report from the
planning advisory committee
indicate plans are near comple­tion.
The purchase of the Brown
Center depends on the next
administration in Frankfort,
said Miller in an interview this
week. ''Our basic attitude to the
trustees 1s very firm ... if
someone gives us the money for
all the renovations and the
money to keep it up, we will
keep it up, but otherwise we will
have to use the money for
academic purposes. ''
The report said the best
choices for the Brown Center
are combined use as a
dormitory, a conference center,
and classrooms for continuing
education.
Dormitory housing would
require minor renovations to
produce adequate, but not
luxurious living conditions, said
the report. Space should be
made availalbe to University
visitors and on a metroversity­wide
basis to help ensure an
efficient occupancy rate, said
the report.
Continuing education would
consist of evening classes for
downtown office workers. As
needs are determined, the
University should offer a broad
No-fault insurance
skips driver's consent
by Peggy Lowry
Cardinal Staff Writer
One of your constitutional
rights has been taken away
from you, and you might not
even know it, said Gerald Neal,
an attorney who specializes in
personal injury suits.
Neal was referring to no-fault
insurance. His remarks were
made at a seminar on the
subject last Thursday on
Belknap campus.
Since 1975, no-fault insur­ance
has been a part of
Kentucky's law on insurance
coverage. Kentucky citizens
have the option of either
accepting or rejecting no-fault,
but if one accepts it, he gives up
the right to sue a person that
might be involved in an accident
with him.
Eunice Corbett, a claims
adjustor and the second
participant in the seminar, said
that her company's basic
no-fault policy covers medical
expenses, lost wages, replace­ment
services, survivor's eco­nomic
loss, and funeral and
burial expenses.
Corbett points out that one
implication of no-fault is that it
can sometimes duplicate pol­i
·ies if the policy holder has
medical insurance from his job
as well. The policy holder can
collect from both coverages in
case of an accident.
"You could conceivably make
a bundle from no-fault,'' said
Corbett.
One disadvantage she sees in
no-fault is that a policy holder
has to meet certain threshold
requirements, which vary from
company to company, in order
to collect on claims. However,
Corbett views the advantages as
greater, because under no­fault,
the policy holder collects
regardless of fault, is protected
against lawsuits, and is
provided legal expenses if a
case should arise.
Neal, on the other hand,
thought the disadvantages were
greater.
''My biggest problem with
no-fault is that there is a
significant amount of people
who are not aware of the
implications of no-fault, and,
therefore, have not intelligently
accepted it,·· said Neal.
The problem arises because a
person has to reject no-fault in
writing, or he is automatically
stuck with the policy.
Neal thinks it would be better
if a person had to elect no-fault,
so he would know what he was
getting.
The implication of '' automa­tic
acception" is what Neal
considers a violation of consti­tutional
rights.
Before no-fault, it was a
person's right to sue a party at
fault in an accident, said Neal,
but under the policy, one is no
longer able to do that.
Another complaint Neal has
is that no-fault is not doing what
it was designed to do, that is to
r duce the number of small
claims cases in the courts.
The seminar, which was
attended by three people, was
the second in a series of twelve
ponsored by the Student Legal
Service. Denise Clyaton, stu­dent
legal advisor, said that
future seminars would deal with
such topics as bankruptcy, tax
laws, landlord/ tenant rights,
and buying a house.
range of lower division courses,
so downtown students can fulfill
all or most of the general
education requirements right at
the Brown Center, said the
report.
The study was primarily
based on the results of
opinionnaires circulated to
faculty, students and staff.
Twenty nine percent of the
responses to the opinionnaires
said not to acquire the Brown
Center, 35 percent said use it
for student housing, 23 percent
said use it for a conference
center and 20 percent said use it
for continuing education.
Respondents opposed to the
acquisition of the Brown Center
were concerned with the
possible financial risk, resolved
the committee.
The report was forwarded
Tuesday to the planning
coordination unit. A PCU
subcommittee, chaired by vice­president
for university rela­tions
Steven Bing, is also
studying the Brown Center and
Shelby Campus situation.
The music school will be
moved from Shelby campus
next fall to a new facility on
Belknap Campus.
'' It is possible we will move
some units from here (Belknap,
out there (Shelby, that need
more space until we can build
more buildings over here''.
"But I don't think in the
immediate future anybody is
going to move to Shelby
Campus." said Miller.
Miller said he doesn't think
the!'e ~:!!! ever be any mAjor
developments of the University
at Shelby Campus.
The planning advisory com­mittee
report said that the
University's urban miSSion
should include a suburban role
as well as a downtown role.
The possibility of moving an
entire school to Shelby Campus
should not be rejected without
further study, said the report.
Some unit may find particular
advantages in the use of the
facilities, it said. Accordingly,
probable schools would include
Justice Administration, Law,
Speed and Kent.
Other uses mentioned would
be a conference or research
center.
An October trustees resolu­tion
directed Miller to initiate
the studies.
Photo: Michael A. Heitz
'So you're a cricketer, my boy?'
Monsewer (Ted Giles) reminisees about his cricket days with Pvt. Leslie A. Williams (Ken Knose) in a
scene from the Bellmap Theatre Production of "The Hostage." The play will be performed tonight and
tommorrow at 8 p.m. and tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Campus health clinic may have
doctor relocated to downtown
by Mary Wheatley
Cardinal Staff Writer
A proposal which would
eliminate the services of a
doctor at the Belknap Campus
Student Health Center may
reach the Planning Coordina­tion
Unit as early as October 12.
Assistant Vice-President of
Health Affairs William Vander
Haar, who will submit the
proposal to P U, said a nurse
practitioner and lab technician
would remain on campus, while
special care facilities would be
set up in the Ambulatory Care
building downtown, at the
Health Sciences Center.
The building is currently
under construction, but should
be completed by July, 1980.
VonderHarr believes this
arrangement would bring about
a higher quality of health care.
"Ninety percent of all
medical problems students have
can be handled by a nurse
practitioner," said VonderHarr.
He added that the Belknap
Health Center has no x-ray
equipment or beds.
VonderHaar also said that
nine of the supposedly best
primary care centers with
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